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42122

ZIP 42122 is Alvaton, Kentucky, mostly in Warren County; area codes 270 and 364; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Warren +1 more
Metro area
Bowling Green, KY
Population
5,513
Coordinates
36.8571, -86.3537
☼ Live from 42122 — Alvaton, KY

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Where 42122 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42122
  • 🔢 Type 42122 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZIZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,122 = 2 × 21061. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010010001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42120 (Adolphus, KY, 13 mi away) and 42123 (Austin, KY, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42122 becomes 22124 — and that is a real ZIP code: Oakton, VA, 512 miles away.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12224, 12242, 12422, 14222, 21224, 22124, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12224 in Albany, NY, 779 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯693 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42122 and you would come out at 36.86°S, 93.65°E — 1,308 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 37.7 square miles of land, 42122 is bigger than 52% of ZIP codes — room for about 29 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,513This ZIP5,513
Households1,987This ZIP1,987
Housing units2,153This ZIP2,153
Median age43.4This ZIP43.4Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$113,705This ZIP$113,705Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$297,100This ZIP$297,100Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,013This ZIP$1,013Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.7%This ZIP33.7%
Mean commute24.8 minThis ZIP24.8 min
Population density146.3 / sq miThis ZIP146.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments65This ZIP65
Employees248This ZIP248
Annual payroll$13,603,000This ZIP$13,603,000
Tax returns filed2,630This ZIP2,630
Total adjusted gross income$254,855,000This ZIP$254,855,000

Land area

Land area37.70 sq miThis ZIP37.70 sq mi
Water area0.47 sq miThis ZIP0.47 sq mi

Counties 42122 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Warren County 94.6%
Allen County 5.4%

Other place names in 42122

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 42122

ZIPCityDistance
42102 Bowling Green, KY 4.9 mi
42104 Bowling Green, KY 5.6 mi
42103 Bowling Green, KY 7.6 mi
42128 Drake, KY 9.0 mi
42159 Oakland, KY 11.2 mi
42164 Scottsville, KY 11.3 mi
42170 Woodburn, KY 11.9 mi
42120 Adolphus, KY 13.1 mi
42134 Franklin, KY 14.7 mi
42274 Rockfield, KY 15.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42122?

42122 is in Alvaton, Kentucky, in Warren County, part of the Bowling Green, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8571, -86.3537.

What county is 42122 in?

42122 spans 2 counties: Warren County and Allen County. Most of it falls in Warren County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 42122?

Alvaton uses area codes 270 and 364, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 42122 in?

42122 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42122?

About 5,513 people live in ZIP code 42122, in 1,987 households, at 146.3 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 42122?

$113,705 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42122?

The closest are 42102 (4.9 mi), 42104 (5.6 mi), 42103 (7.6 mi), 42128 (9 mi) and 42159 (11.2 mi).

Is 42122 a PO Box ZIP code?

42122 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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